Account Executive, Business Development
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 60290, USA
Listed on 2026-06-04
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Sales
Sales Representative, Business Development
About the Role
Account Executives act as trusted advisors to customers, educating them on Flock Direct and Shared Truckload and helping them rethink how freight moves through a technology-enabled, network-based model. This role blends high-velocity outbound selling with consultative account management, requiring strong freight knowledge, disciplined execution, and a results-driven mindset.
Core Responsibilities- Own the end-to-end sales process, converting qualified prospects into long-term customers.
- This is a highly outbound, prospecting-driven role. Account Executives are expected to generate the majority of their pipeline through self-sourced prospecting. Success requires comfort with autonomy, ambiguity, and creating opportunities from scratch.
- Drive bookings and revenue growth from both new and existing customers.
- Lead discovery conversations to understand customer freight profiles, pain points, and annual freight spend.
- Position Flock Direct and Shared Truckload as differentiated, industry-changing solutions tailored to each customer’s needs.
- Maintain a high level of prospect and customer talk time through calls, meetings, demos, and follow-up activities.
- Develop and execute account plans to maximize wallet share and long-term revenue potential.
- Build credibility and trust through strong communication, follow-through, and account management.
- Partner with internal teams to ensure successful freight execution, including managing accessorials, overrides, and approvals.
- Support new customers through onboarding and contract execution, including coordination with legal when required.
- Accurately track pipeline, account activity, and customer communications within Flock systems.
- Consistently achieve or exceed monthly gross profit and shipment volume targets.
- A consistently full pipeline driven by high outbound activity and smart prospecting.
- Strong close rates and sustained revenue growth across a book of business.
- Customers who clearly understand and see value in Flock’s differentiated freight model.
- Reliable achievement of activity, shipment, and gross profit goals.
- Long-term customer relationships built on trust, performance, and strategic partnership.
- 1+ year of direct, customer-facing sales experience in an outbound or mixed outbound environment, with responsibility for prospecting, discovery, and closing
- Strong understanding of LTL freight; experience with Partial or network-based solutions is a plus
- Proven ability to consistently meet or exceed sales and activity quotas
- Competitive, self-motivated, and driven by performance, achievement, and earning potential.
- Enjoys the hunt of outbound selling and takes pride in creating opportunities rather than waiting for them
- Comfort with cold calling and proactive outbound selling
- Strong communication, negotiation, and problem-solving skills
Ability to quickly learn and confidently sell new, technology-driven products - Motivation driven by results and ownership of outcomes
- Desire to work in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
The base salary range for this position is $70,000 - $80,000 per year + commission opportunity with meaningful upside. This reflects typical earning potential in this role based on market data and individual factors including skill sets, experience, and geographic location. In addition to salary, full-time employees are eligible for an equity package and competitive benefits that support you and your family as part of your total rewards package at Flock Freight.
Life& Benefits of the Flock
- Hybrid Work Model:
As an organization we value in-office collaboration, working cross-functionally, and winning together. Through scheduled in-office and work from home days, we are able to work more efficiently and collaboratively. - 401(k):
We know Flock may just be a stepping stone in your epic journey, but we want to be sure you’re setting your future self up for success! - Medical, Dental & Vision:
Generous coverage for employees and dependents. Both HMO and PPO options provided.
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